Dimitar Vlahov
Sustainable Business & Brand Transformation Consultant
Sustainable Brands
The Moonshot Approach: 5 Critical Elements of Transformational Leadership
Leadership / As part of its #abetterway project, Quiero is asking how the sustainability and business equation will be affected by COVID-19. Here, we reflect on the future of business leadership based on Quiero’s conversations with 100 world leaders in the Americas, Asia and Europe. - 1 month ago
12 Amazing Documentaries on Sustainability, Regeneration That You Now Have Time to Watch
Marketing and Comms / As many of us find ourselves with much more time at home due to the COVID-19 crisis, a lot of us are finding opportunities to do things we couldn’t quite get to in the course of our ‘regular lives’ before the widespread lockdowns. - 5 months ago
Dispelling 5 Common Myths about Regeneration and Regenerative Business
The Next Economy / Regeneration is about leaving nature and society healthier, better off and more resilient than we found them. It’s the future of sustainability. And the business case for regenerative business and regenerative leadership in all aspects of life has never been stronger. - 8 months ago
Sustainable Brands Attracts Global Finance Leaders Exploring Next-Generation Goals & Reporting
Press Release / New Metrics ‘19 advances the role of business in driving economic transformation - 10 months ago
5 Important New Frontiers of Social Impact Measurement
New Metrics / Within the evolution of risk and impact measurement, we are seeing growing demand for proven methodologies and best practices around quantifying social impact — here is a sample of five important frontiers of social impact measurement, each of which will have its own session at New Metrics ’19. - 10 months ago
Moody’s CFO to Address Leadership in Sustainable Value Creation at New Metrics 19
Press Release / Sustainable Brands recently announced Mark Kaye, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Moody’s Corporation, as a distinguished keynote speaker for its annual New Metrics conference. - 11 months ago
Sustainable Brands Spotlights New Tools and Practices for Measuring Stakeholder Value
Press Release / Sustainable Brands® recently unveiled program details for New Metrics’19: Next-Generation Goals & Reporting, scheduled for November 18-20 in Philadelphia, PA. - 11 months ago
Redesigning the Purpose of Business for Humanity: Let’s Talk Know-How
Leadership / A few weeks ago, The Business Roundtable reached a major milestone on the path toward a broadly accepted redefinition of business purpose. What's next? We have some ideas. - 11 months ago
Sustainable Brands Community Explores Next-Generation Goals, Impact Metrics and Reporting Methods
Press Release / Sustainable Brands recently unveiled program highlights for New Metrics ‘19: Next-Generation Goals & Reporting, scheduled for November 18-20 in Philadelphia, PA. - 1 year ago
The Most Critical Sustainability Metric of the Year, and the Decade
New Metrics / I hope that by now we are more than clear on what we can and need to do about our dwindling carbon budget. If you are not thinking ‘science-based targets’, you really need to catch up — keep reading. - 1 year ago
Why Aren’t Companies Making Faster Progress on Sustainability?
Walking the Talk / Whether you're unsure how to find the right path, think you've done enough, or are just need help to go further — it’s become clear to us that sustainability executives and their C-Suite colleagues need more assistance with understanding and connecting all the dots. - 1 year ago
3 Big Questions Shaping the Future of Sustainable Business in 2019
Walking the Talk / This year, we are dissecting big, open questions that could either speed up or slow down our quest toward Delivering the Good Life. - 1 year ago
#NewMetrics18: The ROI of Sustainability Strategy — and 6 Ways to Get There
New Metrics / Last week at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’18 conference in Philadelphia, PA, over 300 delegates from brands, NGOs, strategists and practitioners across sectors gathered to share their latest tools and findings regarding measuring the risks and impacts of previously unmeasured forms of value, the newest credible tools and solutions for assessing the ROI of Sustainable Business. - 1 year ago
Experts Gather to Discuss ROI of Sustainable Business at New Metrics '18
Press Release / SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2018 — The Sustainable Brands® community gathers today in Philadelphia, PA to kick off the 8th annual New Metrics conference. - 1 year ago
8 Timely Topics Shaping the 8th Year of #NewMetrics
New Metrics / At its core, the #NewMetrics series of events has always been about quantifying previously ignored risks, costs and revenue potential associated with sustainability impacts. Over the years, we have explored important new metrics related to the whole range of vital capitals — natural, human, social, relationship, intellectual and financial — with the same end goal of helping businesses understand the full picture of their presence in the world, so they can then improve it in informed, holistic ways. - 1 year ago
Sustainable Brands Delivers Insight on How to Build Better Sustainability Metrics
Press Release / Danone, Global Reporting Initiative, SAP, PepsiCo speaking at New Metrics ‘18 about creating and measuring new forms of value SAN FRANCISCO, September 26, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® reveals program, networking and activity highlights for its upcoming conference: New Metrics 2018. Nearly 400 business executives will convene October 29-31 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel for a conversation on the ROI of Sustainable Business and smarter, more accurate, and more inclusive business metrics that generate value for all stakeholders. - 1 year ago
3 #NewMetrics Trends Every Business Should Follow
New Metrics / What we at Sustainable Brands call “New Metrics” allow businesses to quantify previously ignored risks, costs and revenue potential associated with sustainability impacts. Smart executives use #NewMetrics to understand the full picture of their companies’ interactions with the rest of the world, improve stakeholder relationships, and steer innovation toward the products and services of the future. The field has evolved steadily and produced many significant milestones over the past decade. Below are three big trends businesses need to be on top of if they want to gain early-mover advantages and maximize the respective upside that awaits. - 2 years ago
SB Brand Transformation Roadmap to Help Companies on Journey to True Sustainability
Collaboration / Yesterday at SB'18 Vancouver, Kevin Hagen — VP of Environment, Social and Governance Strategy at Iron Mountain — and Dimitar Vlahov, Director of Content Development at Sustainable Brands (SB), offered a sneak peek at the SB Brand Transformation Roadmap (SM). Built for an executive audience, the first-of-its-kind Roadmap is a framework any organization can use as a compass towards setting goals and measuring progress towards becoming a truly "sustainable brand." - 2 years ago
Sustainable Brands Gathers Global Brand Innovation Leaders at SB’18 Vancouver
Press Release / Sustainable Brands kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands '18 Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia. - 2 years ago
Sustainable Brands Announces Full Conference Program for SB’18 Vancouver
Press Release / Target, P&G, REI, Danone and Google among companies confirmed to showcase how brands are redesigning products and services for The Good Life SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently announced full program details for SB’18 Vancouver, running June 4-7 at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia. The conference will convene more than 3,000 senior executives, top brand strategists and leading sustainability practitioners to discover how brands can update their products and services to prepare for a changing economy. - 2 years ago